Tuesday, August 05, 2008

I was sent a copy of America at Home to review--it's a beautiful book with interesting photographs in the tradition of National Geographic or the Day in the Life series and there are some fun things about it (such as being able to order a custom cover using one of your own photographs) but the thing I found most interesting were the scattered statistics outlining the "typical" American.

It made me wonder how well you or I fit that profile so if you're game, here is some of the data America at Home cites, take the polls and see how you fall in the demographics. If you're not an American, who cares? Play along anyway and see what happens--answers are absolutely anonymous, have no fear.

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1. Eighty percent of married men say that if they could go back to their wedding day they would marry the same woman over again. Only 50 percent of married women would do the same.

Congratulations to Michelle and Christine who were the winners of the Zoobies and Kids Fun Cards Giveaway this weekend--they're going to be verrrry popular with such great prizes to take home but first they need to claim their prizes. Please respond by tonight to get your gifts! Check those spam boxes!

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I'm British so I've probably skewed your statistics a little. I live in a small (800 sq ft) terraced house with my husband who is from 100 miles away, although I grew up in just the next town. My house is currently worth around £100k, although we bought it for much less. My neighbourhood is neither pretty nor desirable and I wouldn't walk around it at night. I would definitely marry Himself again, and although we lvied together before marriage, getting married definitely made us feel more secure.

This was fascinating! I wonder how many were honest about their television hours? As for the credit cards, I have more because I hold a couple of store cards and gas cards that give me major discounts. As for the school question, in my district charter schools are part of the public school system. It allows for choice while keeping the standards and quality high.

I love this sort of thing. When I was in college, a demographer came to give a guest speech. It was so interesting! He'd ask students where their hometown was and then give a rundown of what the average person there was like. He completely nailed my community.

Let's see:1. I would happily marry him again any day.2. Under normal circumstances, 1-2 times a week. Golly.3. We lived together twice. And I lived with someone else in between. Whoops!4. 1-2 hours.5. 2000, abt.6. 17. within 10 miles.8. WAY under $100.9. Public10. Safe, although I'd rather not walk around it after dark, although I don't feel really endangered if I do.

The credit card one should be more of a question of how many cards to you carry a balance on. We have a couple cards but always pay off the balance. It's just not the same as having 2 maxed out credit cards. :)

The Mountain Man and I didn't live together, but we did date for 6 years before we got married, and we refurbished one house and built another one together (the one we live in now), so it just seemed like it. There were NO surprises!